{"id":117664,"date":"2022-08-03T11:41:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=117664"},"modified":"2022-08-03T12:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:10:13","slug":"trip-to-local-drive-thru-ends-in-impaired-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/trip-to-local-drive-thru-ends-in-impaired-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip to local drive-thru ends in impaired conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quick thinking staff at a local drive-thru helped get an impaired driver off the streets of Huntsville recently.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent appearance in a Bracebridge courtroom, Stephen Sheppard, 38, was sentenced to jail time after pleading guilty to impaired driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court heard that on Nov. 18, 2021, Sheppard was going through a drive-thru in Huntsville at roughly 2 p.m, when staff became concerned that he might be impaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheppard placed the same order four times before nearly falling asleep at the wheel, court heard. Restaurant staff asked him to wait in the parking lot in an effort to stall him from getting back on the road while they called the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrived and it was eventually confirmed that Sheppard was impaired, blowing more than double the legal limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court heard that Sheppard has a record for impaired driving and stunt driving.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI expect the people at the drive-through were very concerned you would be back out on the roadway,\u201d Justice Edward Carlton said in passing sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheppard was sentenced to 30 days in jail, to be served intermittently, along with a two-year driving ban and probation.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick thinking staff at a local drive-thru helped get an impaired driver off the streets of Huntsville recently. 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